25 April 2013
Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited announced today that the first patient has been enrolled in two pivotal phase 3 clinical trials of nimotuzumab (DE-766), a recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody targeting the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR), which is being evaluated for the treatment of patients diagnosed with lung cancer and with gastric cancer.

About Phase 3 Clinical Trials for Lung Cancer

The phase 3 clinical trial is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study investigating nimotuzumab for the first-line therapy in patients with unresectable and locally advanced squamous cell lung cancer. The patients will receive either nimotuzumab in combination with concurrent chemoradiotherapy or placebo in combination with concurrent chemoradiotherapy. The primary endpoint is overall survival (OS), and the secondary endpoints are progression free survival (PFS) and safety. Approximately 420 patients are planned to be enrolled at approximately 60 clinical centers in Japan. Additional details of the trial are…